My Own Private Idaho Page #3

MIKE LEANS AGAINST THE DUFFLE BAG WITH HIM. HE LOOKS INTO THE

FIELD next to him. The wind blows a paper cup into the air.

Mike watches the cup tumble in the air, and with a few notes, a

GUITAR follows. Then an uprooted cactus.

The paper cup, cactus and guitar lyrically trade places in the

air, and are followed by a large barn, which twists and turns,

then crashes directly into the middle of the road.

On the, road. Riding in the back of a pickup truck. Mike's shirt

ruffles wildly in the wind, traveling at 60 mph.

And the truck disappears into the sun, toward a steep mountain

range.

LAS VeGAs

Mike is walking down a LONELY ALLEYWAY in the city. ALL OF A

SUDDEN he is surrounded by three BLACK BOYS, who are smiling and

joking.

BLACK 1

SAY, WHITE BOY, where you goin'?

Black 1 pulls out a knife and waves it at Mike.

BLACK 1

What's in the sack. Let's see.

Mike fights with the guy for his sack. The Black cuts Mike's

hands with his knife but Mike won't let go.

In terror he watches his hands get cut, but he won't let go. Mike

starts to yawns and does the jitters to the Black's amazement and

drops to the ground. Scottie, the older boy on the magazine

cover, comes to Mike's aid. He pushes the Black boy over, throws

some trash cans in their direction.

BLACK 1

This gonna be fun. Come on...

Scottie keeps fighting them off.

SCOTT:

Man, what do you want from us, we

haven't got anything.

The Blacks chuckle. Then they stop and slowly walk away from

Scott who hovers protectively around Mike's body on the ground.

BLACK (o.s.)

F*ggot!

We are in the city of Las Vegas in the daytime. (We are aware of

this because one character, RAY, is reading the Las Vegas

Chronicle.) Mike sleeps, as a shopkeeper washes his windows and

three other street kids, Gary, Ray and Scottie, are hanging

around on the corner with him.

Gary is hitting a public wastebasket with the end of a stick as a

MAN in a MERCEDES BENZ drives by them very slowly, and looks at

each one of the boys individually. Gary pauses for a moment and

poses.

RAY:

(to the man in the car) What's up?

MAN (in German)

[Entschuldiging, Junge...]

The man in the car speeds off.

INT. CAR DAY.

THE MAN has the look of Rainer Fassbinder and Geraldo Rivera as

the same man; is of average build and has a wash of hair gracing

his forehead that looks quite foreign. He turns to the right

three times, as he is circling his car.

OUT THE WINDOW OF THE CAR, we see the boys again.

EXT. STREET

GARY:

What's this guy want, think he

wants to party?

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